Rail-fastener.



R. MONEIL. RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1912.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

[N VEN TOR flo Atiorney BURY MONEIL, OF CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.

RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed January 25, 1912. Serial No. 673,349. h

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RORY MCNEIL, a subject of Great Britain, residing at Cape Breton, in the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide means whereby rails may be securely fastened to the ordinary tie now in use.

Another object of my invention is, that the rail may be removed from the fastenings when such an occasion requires without having to remove the said fastening means from the tie.

A further object of my invention is to provide arail fastening of the above character which is constructed of but a few parts, thereby making the same easy to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view my invention consists in such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my invention showing parts in section. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1. Fig. i is a plan view of a detail. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a detail.

In the accompanying drawings which fully illustrate the preferred form of my invention, numeral 1 designates a tie of the ordinary construction upon which tie is adapted to be fastened the rails 2.

My invention consists of the members shown in the Figs. 1 and 5 however I desire it to be understood thatI may make slight changes in the construction of these members without departing from the spirit of my invention, provided such changes fall within the scope of the subj oined claim.

The spike used consists of a tapering shank, 3, which shank is provided with an annular shoulder 4. The shank is further provided at its upper ends with a head por. tion 5 the construction of which being well known in this art. The shank 3 of the shoulder 4: is flush with the upper surface of said tie. Further I provide the plate shown at 6, which is provided at its ends withthe cut-out portions 7, they being on spike is driven into the ties 1 until the opposite sides. The plateG is disposed beneath the rails 2 and when moved into a position shown in Fig. 1 a nail or other fastening means may be inserted through the opening 8 thereby holding it in position. When the plate 6 is in place as above mentioned it will be readily appreciated that the rails 2 willbe forced upwardly against the head portion of the spike in the man ner shown in Fig. 2.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that the spike is provided with forwardly and rearwardly disposed plate receiving recesses and that the spike is provided with forwardly and rearwardly disposed shoulders arranged to lie flush with the upper face of the tie in supporting relation to the plate, and that the foremost or 'front lower shoulder also extends beneath (the rail flange. Thus it will be seen that the rail supporting plate 6 is supported by one lower shoulder of each spike, which shoul-- der extends beneath the rail flange.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a rail-fastening means, a rail, spikes adapted to be driven into a tie and each having a head engaging the top of the rail flange and a front shoulder below the head and projecting beneath the rail flange and adapted to lie flush with the upper face of the tie, said front shoulder and projecting head forming a front plate receiving recess, each spike also having'a rearwardly projecting head and shoulder forming a rearward plate receiving portion, and a rail supporting plate disposed on said tie and extending beneath the rail and to opposite sides thereof and having oppositely disposed slots or recessed portions adapted to fit the plate receiving portions of said spikes and rest upon the lower shoulders thereof, and means for anchoring the plate to the tie, substantially as described.

RORY McNEIL. v

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Washington, D. C. 1 

